Monday, May 18, 2026 Backtest
Backtest: the strategies re-run afterwards over this day's data, never recorded live. It overlaps the research that selected them, so it carries hindsight.
7 trades on NQ, 6 winners
Day's net
+$18,670
All strategies, after costs
Trades
7
6 won, 1 lost
The market that day
- Stock Market Today (May 18, 2026): Nasdaq, S&P 500 sink to start week as 10Y Treasury yield hits highest in a year
A surge in the 10-year Treasury yield to its highest level in a year raised rate-hike worries that pressured stock index futures broadly.
TheStreet
- Dow rises while Nasdaq slides on oil surge, Treasury yields pressure tech
A spike in oil prices tied to Middle East tensions added to inflation worries, hitting tech-heavy Nasdaq futures harder than the S&P.
Invezz
- Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq slip as inflation fears grip markets
Broad inflation fears and a chip-sector selloff pulled tech and growth shares lower, dragging Nasdaq futures down more than the S&P.
Yahoo Finance
News picked by AI from that day’s reporting; links go to the original stories. The trades and figures come straight from our engine.
The trades
- Crude Crosscurrent
long NQ · 10:30 → 10:35 · Stop
−$3,145
−156.75 pts
- Breadth Rotation
short NQ · 10:30 → 12:26 · Target
+$4,810
+241.00 pts
- Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$2,790
+140.00 pts
- Flow Against Breadth
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$4,620
+231.50 pts
- Global Confluence
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$4,620
+231.50 pts
- Late-Morning Momentum
short NQ · 11:00 → 15:45 · Time exit
+$565
+28.75 pts
- Crude Crosscurrent
long NQ · 12:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
+$4,410
+221.00 pts
How to read it: every strategy enters at the close of a 30-minute bar and leaves at its stop, its target, or its time exit, whichever comes first. Points are the move captured; net is one contract after two ticks of costs (NQ $20 a point, ES $50).